Chapter 3 - Migration

Question 1

Migration

Answer 1

The change in location of your permanent or semi-permanent residence.

Question 2

What countries have the largest proportion of foreign born residents?

Answer 2

United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Kuwait.

Question 3

What countries have the largest negative net migration? (2010-15)

Answer 3

Libya and Syria.

Question 4

What US state has the highest proportion of foreign born residents?

Answer 4

California.

Question 5

Push and Pull Factors

Answer 5

Places of origin have factors that “push” people to leave, whereas places of destination have factors that “pull” people to come.

Question 6

What conditions affect push and pull factors?

Answer 6

Economy, social and cultural, political, and environmental conditions.

Question 7

Cultural Distance

Answer 7

People tend to move between places with similar cultures.

Question 8

Migration (Transition) Theory

Answer 8

Emigration is low when places are poor and rural. Emigration increases as places industrialize and urbanize. Emigration falls once places are modern urban societies.

Question 9

Less developed countries host ______ refugees.

Answer 9

most (86%)

Question 10

Gravity Model

Answer 10

Predicts spatial interaction based on size and distance. (i.e. Nebraska has more immigrants from larger and closer Iowa and Missouri than smaller Wyoming and South Dakota. Very large California and Texas also supply many migrants.)

Question 11

To support weak economies, much of Central America and the Caribbean rely on _________.

Answer 11

remittances (money sent to them)